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i42, you're right on all accounts, but hear me out. This is something I am very passionate about. I've never meet a planner that wasn't a good person and did what they b believe was right, but I've personally experienced everything I said above. Not all applicable to an individual case, but I...

In my career, I've seen one too many city planners with a chip on their shoulder when dealing with developers. They're seen collectively as rich, greedy and evil. High density developments are seen as too much profit potential and must be paired down. I've also seen planners in smaller...

Nope, the meeting has been postponed due to scheduling conflict of the panel.

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I think it's okay. I would have liked to see mixed-use here. It's interesting that the residential component has been dropped all together. On a completely unrelated topic, maybe, I wish Jennifer Keesmaat was Chief Planner of Scarborough only. Her ideas for walkability and city building would...

I wonder if this is due to a breakthrough in negotiations.

I understand the heritage preservation crowd and if it heritage issues that result in Mirvish's downfall it has the silver lining of telling future developers that Toronto's preservation laws are rock solid. But for the life of me I do not understand the fear of a 80 story precedent but 60 story...

Exactly! There is so much talk about precedent setting but refusing M+G also sends a messsge to the development industry: don't be bold, follow a formula using familar architecture and design, and don't go higher than the tallest building in an area. I still have yet to see a post justfying...

This may be a minority opinion, but I do not accept the narrative that a 60-storey building is acceptable while an 80-storey building is a negative precedent or somehow decreases the quality of life of an area. A well designed building, especially at the base and its interaction with the street...

Is less height at M+G seen as a desirable outcome for the city? If so, why? Is it purely the precedence issue? The building looks like 8 Spruce in New York, which is a fantastic addition to the city. Why bring up the Berlin and present it as a straw man?

Boston's Fenway Park and Chicago's Wrigley Field are both 100-years old. I hope they they survive 100 more. As for Skydome, not so much. In 20 or 30 years, the time may come for a billion dollar replacement for Sky... Rogers Centre. I suppose with the passage of time there may be some historic...

What a way to start the weekend! Cheers to konaman for sharing this great news!!

I've seen what the city is planning: http://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/uploads/documents/lower_yonge_oct_10_public_meeting_final_red_1.pdf The site currently has height limits ranging from 44-85 metres. Current zoning allows for a mixed-use building with a Floor Area Ratio of 6, according to...

Godspeed.

BTW, this is in no way dead. After 100 Adelaide is built and leased up, this will probably be the next office tower form Oxford for Toronto. Keep in mind these guys are also building in the Hudson Yards mega development. They are keeping very active in the development world and have to manage...

some old stuff I found online http://www.dimitriosalexis.com/

I'm curious, did some digging and found this: http://archives.chbooks.com/online_books/eastwest/137.html and this: http://www.magellen2020.com/articles_archive.asp

Aww man, that kind of makes me depressed thinking about what Cityplace could have been. I am looking forward to more renders and the rest of the details! The evaluation by the planning department should also be an interesting read as I can't see there being any issues with this one.

Hopefully the mods don't frown too much on this but... I am convinced there have been statements written in such a way as to solicit rebukes from other UTers. I am convinced this is the deliberate work of an artful troll. Or the unintended work of a young teen. Either way, use discernment and...

I could not believe my eyes when reading about this on the front page this morning. What an exciting development for Toronto!